Look: I love Shane Black (or at least, I loved Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), but anything after The Avengers is going to feel anti-climactic. They basically have to start all over and build toward The Avengers 2, and these stand-alone superhero episodes, I sense, may feel a little hollow. So, instead of embracing the smaller story, getting back to the basics, they cram too many things into one movie. While it's obviously way to early to say, I get the feeling that Iron Man 3 may suffer from our raised expectations.

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